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Premiered by the composer with the New York Symphony under Walter Damrosch on November 28, 1909, the piano concerto #3 was recognized as characteristic Rachmaninoff: excruciatingly difficult piano writing with sprawling chords and magnificent lines, …

This quintet bears the stamp of a light, genial divertimento; on the other hand one senses Mozart as a brilliant young composer just starting to test his wings, to investigate his own potential for surprise …

Gustav Mahler completed writing the symphony #4 on August 5, 1900. It was first performed in January 1902, by which time he had met, but not yet married, Alma Schindler. The opening movement, in traditional …

The Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1831 during the composer’s early years in Vienna, was a reflection about his loneliness in the city far away from his …

Soprano Anna Netrebko is a Russian operatic soprano who has an active international career and performed prominently at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and The Royal Opera. She was born September 18, …